In Gabon, the ultimatum set by the Ministry of the Interior for the opposition to present its two lists of members for the Election Center ends on February 3. The day before, the PG41 platform and the Republican and Patriotic Opposition Congress affirmed their intentions to file their own respective lists.
With our correspondent in Gabon, Yves-Laurent Goma
In Gabon, a few months before the next presidential election, the opposition continues to tear itself apart. For two weeks, it has been unable to draw up two lists of its representatives to participate alongside those of the majority in the election of the president of the Gabonese Election Center (CGE), the commission responsible for organizing the elections in the country. .
On Tuesday February 1, 2023, the country’s Minister of the Interior had summoned the opposition to provide him with two consensual lists by Friday February 3 at the latest.
This Thursday, at the end of the meeting at the headquarters of the Social Democratic Party (PSD), Pierre Claver Maganga Moussavou, chairman of the session, was ready to submit to the Ministry of the Interior the two lists selected by consensus: “ We have done work on behalf of the entire opposition. So the only list that remains valid is the one that will represent the entire opposition. »
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Several heavyweights of the opposition participated in the development of these lists. However, PG41, one of the oldest political platforms, was not present. She also decided to submit her two lists. ” I can tell you that after having cleaned up the lists if necessary, I will have them deposited as requested by the Minister. “, thus affirmed Louis Gaston Mayila, president of the PG41.
The Opposition Republican and Patriotic Congress (Corp) followed in the footsteps of PG41. ” The Corp maintains the list of its candidates for the CGE officesaid Clay Martial Obame, spokesman for Congress. The Corp only followed the example of the PG41 which, without the opinion of the other groupings of the political parties, deposited its list, thus fracturing the spirit of the consensus “.
The cacophony continues as the 72-hour grace period granted to the opposition to draw up its two lists by consensus ends this Friday.